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Examples of commander in chief in a Sentence
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The move also came as the commander in chief has sought to boost his conservation record heading into the presidential election.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
This cryptic set of documents, parsed down from a much larger operational plan for nuclear war, provides the commander in chief with nuclear launch options should policy dictate the president needs to act.
—Annie Jacobsen, TIME, 11 Apr. 2024
Slovakia's president has limited power but does ratify international treaties, appoint judges, serves as commander in chief of the armed forces and can veto laws passed by parliament.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2024
But the Biden administration has said Mr. Zelensky, as commander in chief, makes the call.
—Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
After Biden and Trump announced their plans to visit the border in Texas on Thursday, Judd, who has endorsed Trump, ripped into the current commander in chief.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2024
Iran’s president, Ibrahim Raisi, and the commander in chief of the Quds Force, General Ismail Ghaani, who was dressed in black civilian clothes rather than in uniform, marched with the crowd of mourners in Tehran, state media showed.
—Ronen Bergman, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
But Suu Kyi’s second electoral victory was apparently one too many for Min Aung Hlaing, the country’s politically ambitious commander in chief.
—Timothy McLaughlin, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2024
This is a look at fashion, because not one of these current or former commanders in chief was wearing what's typically a standard part of presidential outfits: a necktie.
—Brianna Scott, NPR, 1 Apr. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1654, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of commander in chief was
in 1654
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“Commander in chief.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commander%20in%20chief. Accessed 23 May. 2024.
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commander in chief
: one who holds the supreme command of an armed force
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